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johnson played lyndon johnson was rather dismissive of humor come for a. if you can deal with the relationship in your book? >> i do at times about johnson's relationship with hubert humphrey. particularly in the narrative here, too. he goes through this really tortured episode in the summer of 1964 and it becomes public about who is going to be his vice president. a lot of the sort of media focuses on this question of because the vice presidency is empty i should say after -- >> was there any thought of actually appointing someone or it just never came up? because i don't think i have ever seen any reference to that. did they even consider doing it? >> i'm trying to remember. i don't think that it was a part of the conversation. we were so focused on because of the kennedy assassination and i think that the kennedy assassination does prompt us because to think that there's a lot more because it is quite caring for the country not only that there is no vice presidency but the speaker of the house john mccormick who at that point there is this idea that the
johnson played lyndon johnson was rather dismissive of humor come for a. if you can deal with the relationship in your book? >> i do at times about johnson's relationship with hubert humphrey. particularly in the narrative here, too. he goes through this really tortured episode in the summer of 1964 and it becomes public about who is going to be his vice president. a lot of the sort of media focuses on this question of because the vice presidency is empty i should say after -- >>...
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going back, lyndon johnson was totally out of control. of course, back then the press never reported any of this. he would defecate in front of aids as he was being briefed. he would hold a press conference at his ranch in texas and urinate in front of reporters, including female reporters. when he went into air force one he had this routine of a nearly stripping naked as soon as cnn's in the airplane, even with his own daughters and wife there in the airplane. one day when he was vice presidents, johnson was late for an appointment with jfk, being driven by the secret service from the capitol to the white house at about 5:00 p.m., rush hour, and he was late. and so he told the secret service agent who was driving to drive up on the sidewalk, get they're faster. the agent, of course, refused. the sidewalk was pedestrians. johnson wrote up a newspaper ended the agent on the side of the head and said, your fired. one agent said, if the guy were not president he would be in a mental hospital. it really is true, and yet we entrusted our count
going back, lyndon johnson was totally out of control. of course, back then the press never reported any of this. he would defecate in front of aids as he was being briefed. he would hold a press conference at his ranch in texas and urinate in front of reporters, including female reporters. when he went into air force one he had this routine of a nearly stripping naked as soon as cnn's in the airplane, even with his own daughters and wife there in the airplane. one day when he was vice...
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lyndon johnson had a vision for what america can be. ronald reagan had the vision , and they were both, i think, very successful in communicating that vision. is that what is lacking, or have there been structural changes in the american political system to make that much more difficult? >> a lot of it comes down to a question of emphasis. i am sure that chase gets asked a lot that question of could reagan get elected in today's republican party, which people talk about a lot as sort of this idea that there are so many purists in today's republican party that even ronald reagan is an ideologically -- is not ideologically pure enough. my own feeling on that, and this is something i try and describe, is reagan is incredibly good at figuring out exactly where east to be as a conservative to get elected. the difference -- and this is what made reagan an effective political leader starting in the 60's is at the same time as he is focused on what he has to do to win the support of his fellow conservatives, he is always asking himself how we s
lyndon johnson had a vision for what america can be. ronald reagan had the vision , and they were both, i think, very successful in communicating that vision. is that what is lacking, or have there been structural changes in the american political system to make that much more difficult? >> a lot of it comes down to a question of emphasis. i am sure that chase gets asked a lot that question of could reagan get elected in today's republican party, which people talk about a lot as sort of...
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so let's talk about lyndon johnson. how did you actually get a job working for him because most white house fellas don't work for the president of the united states. the usually work in some department. how did you get to work for them? >> there's no question that every part of my career as a presidential historian goes back to lyndon johnson. when i was selected as a white house fellow with the big dance at the white house and he did dance with me. there were only three women out of the 16 white house fellas. but you're right, he could've been assigned anywhere in the white house, but he whispered that i said he wanted me to be assigned directly to him. but then it was not that simple in the months leading to my selection like many other young people i was a graduate student at high harvard. i'd written an article that, the new republic because i was involved in the antiwar movement with the title, how true bill clinton john and from power. [laughter] it came out two days after the dance at the white house so i was cer
so let's talk about lyndon johnson. how did you actually get a job working for him because most white house fellas don't work for the president of the united states. the usually work in some department. how did you get to work for them? >> there's no question that every part of my career as a presidential historian goes back to lyndon johnson. when i was selected as a white house fellow with the big dance at the white house and he did dance with me. there were only three women out of the...
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just as lyndon johnson did not kill jfk i did not order the watergate break-in. no one could have been more amazed the ninth tried to turn off on two occasions -- i know you like to write books of fiction. that is fine. >> i move u.s. to the fiction section in barnes and noble. >> everyone who has read your book told me it is a good book of fiction. i like to deal with facts. ideal with primary sources, not secondary sources. if and maybe when we go to court we wi >> i welcome that opportunity because truth is the ultimate defense . >> on these revisionist -- >> i am harold denton, i want to ask mr. dean if you could comment on your involvement or your knowledge of the high-level meetings that occurred and the people who attended those meetings that led up to the war on drugs and the operation intercept in el paso. >> i had absolutely none. >> no knowledge of that? >> none. >> none whatsoever. >> do you have an opinion of what occurred? >> buried the letters and newspaper -- >> you don't know the causes of the war on drugs. >> i do not. >> if you don't mind let's
just as lyndon johnson did not kill jfk i did not order the watergate break-in. no one could have been more amazed the ninth tried to turn off on two occasions -- i know you like to write books of fiction. that is fine. >> i move u.s. to the fiction section in barnes and noble. >> everyone who has read your book told me it is a good book of fiction. i like to deal with facts. ideal with primary sources, not secondary sources. if and maybe when we go to court we wi >> i welcome...
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lyndon johnson, war and poverty. state had to implement in a fashion that they found judicious these big programs. the affordable care act is the largest expansion of government in the last 50 years. what is interesting about the federal government, the federal government can do a whole lot. it's just in our own times we live in an age where there is the most economic inequality in american history since the gilded age in the late 19th century the age of the rockefellers and the vanderbilt, these titans. what the federal government can do when we think about ferguson would be whether it's a great society or an urban renewal program. what's interesting is that what impact white americans as well and latinos. the reason why i say that as americans we should think about black equality because even the new deal and great society because of institutional racism black equality was not actually achieved even though there were these huge federal mandates. in 2014 because we are aware of racial injustice we should have huge f
lyndon johnson, war and poverty. state had to implement in a fashion that they found judicious these big programs. the affordable care act is the largest expansion of government in the last 50 years. what is interesting about the federal government, the federal government can do a whole lot. it's just in our own times we live in an age where there is the most economic inequality in american history since the gilded age in the late 19th century the age of the rockefellers and the vanderbilt,...
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going back lyndon johnson was totally out of control. he would sit on the toilet and defecate as he was being briefed and hold a press conference at his ranch in texas and friends of the mill reporters the allied air force one he would strip naked as soon as he got on to the airplane with his own daughters and wife care on the airplane. one day when he was vice president johnson was late with an appointment for jfk and about 5:00 p.m. it was rush hour. so he told secret service to drive up on the sidewalk to get there faster and he refused and then johnson said you are fired for care of that well-known every day. he wasn't the president he would be in a mental hospital but it is true we trust them under his direction to decide who is a maniac. when you peel back that area you find we really have made for judgments to electing our presidents and vice presidents. the secret service despite the recent publicity over all did a good job. when they get a of a threat into one of three categories class three as the intent to carry out the assass
going back lyndon johnson was totally out of control. he would sit on the toilet and defecate as he was being briefed and hold a press conference at his ranch in texas and friends of the mill reporters the allied air force one he would strip naked as soon as he got on to the airplane with his own daughters and wife care on the airplane. one day when he was vice president johnson was late with an appointment for jfk and about 5:00 p.m. it was rush hour. so he told secret service to drive up on...
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so we read the lyndon johnson biographies, martin luther king, john f. kennedy, bobby kennedy, and those all have important be sections on civil rights. but when you think about it, it's sort of the story about the blind men describing an elephant, you know? one touches the trunk and doesn't know about the tail and such. it's the same thing when you're doing biography. biography is a great format, but one thing that it does is it can't help but overemphasize the role of the subject in whatever they're talking about. even if the author tries to downplay it, the readers can say, well, you know, obviously lyndon johnson or john f. kennedy was absolutely central to the way the civil rights act passed, you know? it was his bill or his bill. and none of that's wrong. i think, as i said, there's some wonderful biographies out there. but they just, by nature, don't tell the whole story. and that is the way the story is often told. so what i wanted to do was say, well, what if we make the civil rights act the core? what happens then? and i was motivated also by,
so we read the lyndon johnson biographies, martin luther king, john f. kennedy, bobby kennedy, and those all have important be sections on civil rights. but when you think about it, it's sort of the story about the blind men describing an elephant, you know? one touches the trunk and doesn't know about the tail and such. it's the same thing when you're doing biography. biography is a great format, but one thing that it does is it can't help but overemphasize the role of the subject in whatever...
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that violence in 1965 inspires lyndon johnson on march 15th, 1965, in a joint address to congress to says that civil rights is a national priority. voting rights a national priority and johnson calls it a turning point in the politics of the dignity of humankind and the destiny of democracy. august 6th, 1965, the voting rights act is passed. five days later, los angeles explodes after an encounter between police and local people. that is the heroic period of the civil rights movement. i preface my comments on stokely carmichael by giving a short sketch precisely because even before stokely carmichael called for black power in 1966, he is one of the key activists in united states working for civil rights and radical democracy during the second half of the civil rights movement's heroic period. we think about stokely carmichael, before we can talk about the movement for black power we think of him as a community organizer, a community activist who from 1965 to 1966 was arrested 27 times for civil rights organizing. a student right here in washington d.c. at howard university who joined
that violence in 1965 inspires lyndon johnson on march 15th, 1965, in a joint address to congress to says that civil rights is a national priority. voting rights a national priority and johnson calls it a turning point in the politics of the dignity of humankind and the destiny of democracy. august 6th, 1965, the voting rights act is passed. five days later, los angeles explodes after an encounter between police and local people. that is the heroic period of the civil rights movement. i preface...
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going back, lyndon johnson was totally out of control. of course, back then, the press never reported notify -- any of this. he would sit on the toilet and defecate in front o aides. he would hold a press conference at his ranch in texas and urinate in front of reporters, including female reporters. when he went into air force one he had this routine of immediately stripping naked as soon as he got on the airplane, even with his own daughters and his wife there in the airplane. one day when he was vice president, johnson was late for an eye appointment with jfk. he was being driven by the secret service from the capitol to the white house at 5:00 p.m., rush hour, and he was late, and so he told the secret service agent, who was driving to drive up on the sidewalk, get there faster. the agent refused. the sidewalk was full of pedestrians. johnson took a newspaper and hit the agent on the head and said, you're fired. this is the kind of thing that went on every day. one agent said if this guy were not president he would be in a mental hospi
going back, lyndon johnson was totally out of control. of course, back then, the press never reported notify -- any of this. he would sit on the toilet and defecate in front o aides. he would hold a press conference at his ranch in texas and urinate in front of reporters, including female reporters. when he went into air force one he had this routine of immediately stripping naked as soon as he got on the airplane, even with his own daughters and his wife there in the airplane. one day when he...
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not until president lyndon johnson's introduction of the great society campaign and his war on poverty in the 1960s that americans recognize the problem of hunger that existed in their own borders. congressional hearings were held on hunger after senators robert kennedy and joseph clark toward impoverished homes in the mississippi delta. uneducated senators in washington found photographs of southern children with bloated stomachs. they assumed they were overat beating the. you hear this in their discussions. they must be fast. they assumed they were overeating instead of starving, they couldn't recognize it. and today, brings us to the present. today north carolina my state has the tenth highest food and security rate in the united states for children under 5 years old, number 2 in food insecurity. that means one in four children get hungry every morning. winston-salem has been described as the worst city in america for childhood food hide ships. this very contradictory world we live in in the south, a place of deprivation and abundance, at the same time we are witnessing growing sout
not until president lyndon johnson's introduction of the great society campaign and his war on poverty in the 1960s that americans recognize the problem of hunger that existed in their own borders. congressional hearings were held on hunger after senators robert kennedy and joseph clark toward impoverished homes in the mississippi delta. uneducated senators in washington found photographs of southern children with bloated stomachs. they assumed they were overat beating the. you hear this in...
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going back, lyndon johnson was totally out of control. of course, back then the press never reported any of this. he would sit on the toilet and defecate in front of agents is being greek. he would hold a press conference at his ranch in texas, and reporters, including being the reporters, when he went on air force one he had this region of stripping naked asses got on the airplane, even with his own daughters and his wife there in the airplane. one day when he was vice president, johnson was late for an appointment with jfk. he was being driven by the secret service from the capitol to the white house at about 5 p.m. it was rush hour. and he was late and so he told the secret service agents who was driving to drive up on the sidewalk to get there faster to the agent of course refuse to the sidewalk with both editions. johnson hit the agent on it and said you're fired. this is the kind of thing that went on every day. one agent said if this guy were not president he would be in the middle hospital. it was true, yet we entrusted our countr
going back, lyndon johnson was totally out of control. of course, back then the press never reported any of this. he would sit on the toilet and defecate in front of agents is being greek. he would hold a press conference at his ranch in texas, and reporters, including being the reporters, when he went on air force one he had this region of stripping naked asses got on the airplane, even with his own daughters and his wife there in the airplane. one day when he was vice president, johnson was...
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johnson. that is we could have been they would have done exactly what part did. had off hehave skate -- off the obfuscated. all of those things would have been the fruit of the poison tree. i think that is a dangerous road to go down. you talked by what was going on in 1987, the rise of feminism, and how it changed coverage overall. guest: yes. and this is a larger point. it is already turning in the culture. the rise of feminism, different attitudes of adultery on the left, on the right, the rise of moral majority, which cares very much about personal morality. before, andar, just it is important to think about, you have the big baker scandal, which you may remember. the wife with the mascara running down her face, and then you have the whole iran-contra scandal, which, interesting, the facts of which are obscure. the secretary who stuffed the papers in her skirt, but we already have this kind of entertainment culture taking hold in our politics. critic writescial an astounding book which eve
johnson. that is we could have been they would have done exactly what part did. had off hehave skate -- off the obfuscated. all of those things would have been the fruit of the poison tree. i think that is a dangerous road to go down. you talked by what was going on in 1987, the rise of feminism, and how it changed coverage overall. guest: yes. and this is a larger point. it is already turning in the culture. the rise of feminism, different attitudes of adultery on the left, on the right, the...
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there was a time in 1976 where there was a democratic candidate to the far west of lyndon baines johnson and he thought that defeating johnson and campaign finance was restricting the out of money that he could raise and he thought that the law worked against heaven, so we all know that case but one of the plaintiffs in the case was g. eugene mccarthy a democrat. in 1976, the nixon administration didn't like the idea that "the new york times" and the aclu were running ads calling for all things president nixon because of the bombing before cambodia. the nixon justice department, what did they it do? accused the campaign finance law to go after them. so, you know, and for many, many years the challenges brought the various campaign laws were brought by liberals. we have to defend unpopular speech. i mean, that's because it wasn't unpopular there is no need to average it and we see that today. i think that more and more liberals particular can see citizens united as a pressing danger to their liberalism. that said, i think that part of the criticisms of citizen united and what fueled the s
there was a time in 1976 where there was a democratic candidate to the far west of lyndon baines johnson and he thought that defeating johnson and campaign finance was restricting the out of money that he could raise and he thought that the law worked against heaven, so we all know that case but one of the plaintiffs in the case was g. eugene mccarthy a democrat. in 1976, the nixon administration didn't like the idea that "the new york times" and the aclu were running ads calling for...
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during the time that lyndon b. johnson was first leader of the senate, there was one filibuster in six years. for harry reid 281. filibuster means piracy. unlocking the body from being able to debate amendments and get to final vote and to address the problems we face in america. this is why i take on leaders in the u.s. senate and produced the first major rule change in 39 years to restore the ability of advice and consent as envisioned in the constitution. al qaeda it is funny that senator merkely brings up filibuster reform because that is the one piece of legislation that has caused him to be quite unpopular with very many senators in the senate as we speak now. this filibuster reform allows a simple majority to override the will of the minority, and the senate is supposed to be a deliberative body with input from both sides, not one where one side simply overruns the other. think he will regret that when they are in the minority next year, but he won't be there because i will. >> moderator: the next question i
during the time that lyndon b. johnson was first leader of the senate, there was one filibuster in six years. for harry reid 281. filibuster means piracy. unlocking the body from being able to debate amendments and get to final vote and to address the problems we face in america. this is why i take on leaders in the u.s. senate and produced the first major rule change in 39 years to restore the ability of advice and consent as envisioned in the constitution. al qaeda it is funny that senator...
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johnson school of public affairs. pleasecome up. thank you. >> i'm going to start by introducing the panel and a dive right into the discussion. first on my right we have ted mitchell has the undersecretary of the u.s. department of education. he served in this post since the confirmation by the u.s. senate earlier this year. in this role, he oversees policy programs and activities related to post secondary education, career and technical education, adult and federal student aid. ted is charged with planning and policy responsibility to implement the president's goal for the u.s. to have the best educated and most competitive workforce in the world as it is measured by the proportion of college graduates i think year 2020. next we have david bean who serves as the senior vice president for government relations and policy analysis at the american association of community colleges. in and this will redirect the national advocacy efforts for the nation closer to both hundred community colleges and their students. and we are happy to ha
johnson school of public affairs. pleasecome up. thank you. >> i'm going to start by introducing the panel and a dive right into the discussion. first on my right we have ted mitchell has the undersecretary of the u.s. department of education. he served in this post since the confirmation by the u.s. senate earlier this year. in this role, he oversees policy programs and activities related to post secondary education, career and technical education, adult and federal student aid. ted is...
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here's betting you don't want to think about lyndon johnson's penis. i'm not sure even lady bird wanted to think about his penis but she signed on for the job, the rest of america, no so mon. plenty of people had deal with the jobson johnson, especially during the five plus years he was president. bay lot of measures he was, not too put too fine a point on it, crazy. it wasn't so much his fierce amibition, extreme even by the standards of the narcissist, to the driven partly by the fact he came from a family of men who died young of heart disease and he lived with a sense that he was always racing the clock. and it wasn't just his -- towards his enemies, particularly the kennedys and particularly robert. that's the wail he played extreme contact sport was 1970s politics and wasn't the micromanagement of the vietnam war. it was a hideous and murderous exercise but as much the result of floundering, fearful, wilful blindness as anything else. it ought not to come as too much surprise that man who effected a rough-hewn courtliness in the public persona mi
here's betting you don't want to think about lyndon johnson's penis. i'm not sure even lady bird wanted to think about his penis but she signed on for the job, the rest of america, no so mon. plenty of people had deal with the jobson johnson, especially during the five plus years he was president. bay lot of measures he was, not too put too fine a point on it, crazy. it wasn't so much his fierce amibition, extreme even by the standards of the narcissist, to the driven partly by the fact he came...